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Submitted to Contest #208
This story includes discussions of violence against children. Me and Jeff are having a real good day. Of course, all of our days are pretty good. We live out in the country and we have a big back yard that goes into the woods. My daddy says this is a perfect place to raise a son because there’s a bunch of room for me to explore. We have been exploring back there for almost and hour and the pocket of my shorts is full of stuff for my treasure box. I need to go inside now and put the new treasures away!Me and Jeff finally get to the back ...
Submitted to Contest #207
Igor Zarkov, the Soviet Bull, glared into camera 2 and began growling what people in his profession call a promo.“You Americans make me sick! You think you are the good guys and everybody else are the villains! Land of the free? Home of the brave? Your President is such a coward that he will not send your puny athletes to the Olympics! Just look at this!”The large man with the shaved head and goatee held up a newspaper. The headline read “CONGRESS APPROVES ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR DISABLED VETS”.“What a fraud! In my homeland, the Soviet ...
Submitted to Contest #205
It’s Friday evening and Megan Reese is in her “happy Place”. She’s stretched out on the couch in the living room with the TV on a baseball game between her Reds and the Pirates. Megan is barefoot and dressed in a pair of cutoffs and an oversized T shirt with her long blonde hair in a ponytail. She’s worked hard all week as the manager of Rusty’s, a local burger joint and she deserves an evening of relaxation. Yes, it’s going to be a good night for her. However, when she looks out the picture window and sees the full moon rising, she knows ...
Submitted to Contest #203
I met Jessica, my wife, on a crisp Saturday night in October, back when I was fifteen. This will seem like a roundabout way of telling that story, but it’s my story and I’ll tell it my way. I would have probably never met her if not for something that happened when I was 13.On a cold Saturday afternoon in February, I decided that I was a classic movie fan and I was not a sports fan.Let me explain:As far back as anybody can remember, the men in the Skinner family have dedicated their Saturday afternoons to sports. My pop, Shaun and Eddi...
Submitted to Contest #202
NOTE: This story takes place in the 70's and 80's in Eastern Kentucky. Some of the social norms of that time and place, including personal insults, may be offensive to today's readers. I remember the day that Slick Pritts asked me what corning was all about. “Dean-O, my man, do me a solid, “ he said as we walked from the bus stop to the subdivision where we both lived, “explain what these other guys are talking about when they say they are ‘going corning’. We didn’t have that up in Michigan. Slick and me were in 8th grade. He had move...
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